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Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 1:51 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Governor-elect Jim Pillen is still assembling his cabinet.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 5:43 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
In the days since he was voted into the state’s top office, Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen has been assembling his cabinet.
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Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 3:19 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
The race for the Unicameral seat for Nebraska Legislative Dist. 20, located within Douglas County, is headed for a recount.
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Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 2:49 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
The final round of Douglas County ballot counts made it official: Aaron Hanson will be the new sheriff.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 11:31 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
A push by top Kansas Republicans to punish party officials who backed an independent candidate for governor is shining a spotlight on an internal rift.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 11:19 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has been elected to lead the Republican Governors Association as she increases her national political profile days after she easily won a second term as governor.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:03 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
As of Wednesday, one of Nebraska’s Congressional representatives is now in the U.S. House majority party: Rep. Don Bacon.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 6:02 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has selected a former Trump advisor to be her new chief of staff.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 7:37 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
The latest updated ballot counts for Douglas County pulled close races even closer and look to have tipped the filibuster Democratic in the Unicameral — for now.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 2:11 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse announced on Twitter that he will leave the U.S. Senate in the new year.
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Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:56 PM CST
|By Bella Caracta
Women make up 51% of the population but only 31% of state legislatures, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:21 PM CST
|By John Chapman
The argument over the minimum wage in Nebraska is over.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:16 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
One Omaha-metro school district is trying to figure out how to move forward after voters overwhelmingly rejected building a new high school on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:04 PM CST
|By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden addressed the results of the midterm election and his own political future on Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 5:14 PM CST
|By John Chapman
It is the day after the midterms and things have calmed down a bit at the Douglas County Election Commissioner’s Office.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 4:38 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
As election results are finalized across the state, one of the big impacts of Tuesday’s vote is still working its way out: the political makeup of the Nebraska Legislature.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:17 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Republicans took control of every U.S. House seat in Iowa as state Sen. Zach Nunn edged out incumbent Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 12:49 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
The University of Florida Board of Governors has confirmed Ben Sasse as the university’s new president earlier than expected.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 2:11 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraskans passed both of the state’s ballot initiatives on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 1:09 AM CST
|By 10/11 NOW
As of midnight, just 2,000 votes separate the candidates.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 12:38 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Voters in Nebraska and Iowa joined millions across the nation to cast their ballots Tuesday for the Midterm Election.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 11:17 PM CST
|By 10/11 NOW
Republican Mike Flood defeated Democrat Patty Pansing Brooks to keep his seat in congress as the representative for Nebraska’s First Congressional District.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 10:22 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Voters decided Tuesday to keep Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine in office.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 8:36 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Voters will see Republican Aaron Hanson and Democrat Greg Gonzalez on the ballot Tuesday for the next Douglas County sheriff.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 6:59 PM CST
|By John Chapman
There are voters across the metro who could be having a tough time getting to the polls today.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 6:10 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
Recent Nebraska elections have been among the most secure in the nation.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 6:09 PM CST
|By Erin Hartley and Bella Caracta
In one of several Congressional races garnering national attention, Nebraska’s 2nd District was a fight to the bitter end.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 5:52 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
In addition to Nebraska’s next governor, many voters across the state will be making some important decisions down-ticket.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 3:50 PM CST
|By John Chapman
Officials in Douglas County expect around 100,000 voters will venture out to cast ballots in person Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 3:41 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
No matter the ballot count Tuesday night, one thing Nebraskans know: They’re getting a new governor.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 3:04 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Republicans are trying to sweep Iowa’s four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, pushing to unseat a vulnerable Democratic incumbent while reelecting two first-term congresswomen.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 5:31 PM CST
|By Brian Mastre
On the eve of Election Day, candidates in one of the closest-watched U.S. House races in the country are making their closing arguments to voters.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM CST
|By Craig Nigrelli
Tens of thousands of voters have already cast their ballot for the midterm election here in Douglas County.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:14 PM CST
|By John Chapman
Voting soon begins for the 2022 general election.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Brent Weber
He was a 21-year-old meter reader at M.U.D. back in 1960 when he took a day’s vacation to earn a little extra dough working at the Douglas County elections.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By Craig Nigrelli
More than 70,000 people have already voted in the election in Douglas County.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta
In 2014 if you asked a young, eligible voter on UNO’s campus if they cast a ballot, there’s a good chance they would’ve said no. But things are changing.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 8:09 PM CDT
|By Craig Nigrelli
When Nebraskans go to the polls on Tuesday, they will see a question about changing the state constitution when it comes to revenue and airports.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 3:14 PM CDT
|By Marlo Lundak and Gina Dvorak
Former President Trump took the stage at a Republican rally gathered Thursday night in northwest Iowa.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
It’s less than a week from Election Day and Douglas County is projecting high voter turnout.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Mike McKnight
Voters in a newly annexed Bellevue neighborhood will have a surprise when they see the ballot on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Josh Rultenberg
Both Democrats and Republicans are confident they can win the November mid-term elections because they claim they’ve each poached voters from regions where, traditionally, they don’t have a lot of support.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse as the next UF president.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre
6 News asked Nebraska’s major gubernatorial candidates about how they think we should pay for our public schools.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
The final midterm push is on and the Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor is making a stop in Council Bluffs on Saturday.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Attorneys for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds argued in court that a state court judge should reverse a decision made three years ago and allow a 2018 law that would ban abortions at about six weeks to go into effect.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM CDT
|By Brandon Martin
Woodbury County began testing its voting machines ahead of the Nov. 8 Election.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 10:47 AM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Charles Herbster, a former Republican candidate for governor of Nebraska, and State Sen. Jule Slama have both dropped the lawsuits filed earlier this year against one another.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Craig Nigrelli
There are less than two weeks until the November election and one of the hottest races here in the Omaha area is the battle for Douglas County attorney.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
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